The Guy Game

SOFTWARE

September 30, 2004

This game should have been called ``The Frat Boy Game.'' A bizarre mix of drinking game (no, really), spring break special and trivia contest, it's sure to give politicians a field day as they bash its content.

``The Guy Game,'' from The Gathering/Top Heavy Studios, is set up for four people to play at once. Its 1,000 or so trivia questions, stretched across 20 episodes, cover such topics as ``Friends'' and ``Star Trek'' episodes and the work of Miles Davis. Not only do you have to answer correctly, you also get to watch video from last year's spring break and guess whether the usually inebriated women will answer correctly. The game's ``mature'' rating is explained by what comes next: If the women get the question wrong, they will flash you -- although the view is obscured in various ways until you win enough bonus points.

The Guy Game also features a few simple arcade-style games, plus a drinking game called ``Presidents'' (better known by another name that we can't print).

Much like an earlier, equally dimwitted title, Acclaim's ``BMX XXX,'' this game assumes that presenting the kind of nudity easily seen on HBO or Showtime will make up for an uninventive game.